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[โ€“] yesman@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

During the early '00 flight sim fans were enjoying a Russian game called IL2. The other offerings from Microsoft and Janes just couldn't compete with the level of detail in the flight models. Turns out, the people working on the game were all trained in aerospace engineering. The guys who went to school to work for the famous Russian aviation firms were making video games instead because it paid better.

[โ€“] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Well, aerospace didn't pay them well, but it definitely paid the oligarchs and shoigu.